Golfing-club.



No. 780,776. I v v Q PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

J. R. BROWN.

GOLPINGLGLUB.

APPLICATION II LBD APR. 12, 1904.

19770 w E/J Patented January 24, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES ROSS BROWN, OF MONTROSE, SCOTLAND.

GOLFING-CLUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,? 76, dated.January 24, 1905.

I Application filed April. 12, 1904. Serial No. 202,853.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs. Ross BROWN, shipsmith, a subject of the Kingof Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Montrose, county ofForfar, Scotland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGolfing-Clubs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in steel or other metalheads of golfingclubs; and it essentially consists in forming them withperforated openings with the object of improving the clubs used fortaking the ball out of sand or sand bunkers or longish or marshy grassor turf and the like, and it has been found in practice that these clubspresent a less surface action to the resistance of the air in the act ofstriking the ball and send the latter farther and in a more straightdirection than the clubs heretofore in use.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the metal frameof a club provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of amodification. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 2. Fig. 3 isa view of another modified form of club, and Fig. i is a side elevationof still another form of club. According to my improvementsI form thedriving-faces of metal club-heads of a perforated shape, theperforations preferably taking the form of a series of longitudinalparallel slots at, as shown in Figs. 1 and- 2,

punched, bored, or stamped out of the clubhead A or cast in it. -Asshown in Fig. 1, a solid center part b may be left, or, as shown invFig. 2, a center disk 0 may e stamped or formed at center part ofclub-head for assistance to the eye of the player in striking the ballat center of club, and this center part may be formed with holes orperforations 0 for the free passage of air or may be left solid.

In Fig. 3 the perforations a and bars 0Z are shown as formed verticallyinstead of formation, and this style of club is very suitable forstriking the ball out of sand bunkers,

long grass, bushes, and the like; but these perforations may be arrangedat any angle or be made of other formation, such as round, hexagonal, orthe like. I The bars d of metal parts thus produced between theperforations a would have their edges preferably rounded in front andbecome tapered or thinner toward the back of the iron in furnace-barfashion.

The lowest bar or bottom d of frame of club-head would preferably bemade broader than the other bars, so as to have more of a lip formationfor strength on back.

By these improvements the club-heads A will cut through the sand andstrike the ball with more effect, while the sand will pass through theperforated openings at instead of being thrown up on the player by thebevel on the face of the solid metal clubs heretofore in use, while inlong or marshy grass the club-head will have a better driving effect onthe ball, as the rounded edges of the bars {Z will cut throughobstructions and have a more effective action than with solid clubs andwith less liability to cutting the skin of the balls, while'it is alsofound for driving purposes that these club-heads present a less exposedsurface action to the resistance of the air and wind whilethe player istaking his action to strike the ball, and the latter will be sentfarther and in a more true and direct line than with solid-surfaceclubs.

I claim as my invention 1. A golf-club, having open perforations in thedriving-face, passing entirely through the body of the club-head.

2. A golf-club, having a number of slotted parallel perforations in itsdriving-face passing entirely through the body of the clubhead. i

3. A golf-club, having a number of slotted perforations in itsdriving-face passing entirely through the body of the club-head, andiubgtantially parallel with the length of the In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAMES ROSS BROWN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM ALEXR. BROWN, GEORGE ALEXANDER HAY.

